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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1905
Page
1
The Herald reports brief notes from Hardin County towns and neighboring townships. Local events, meetings, and community updates appear from multiple settlements, highlighting civic notices and small-scale happenings.
From The Heralds Own Reporters notes Mrs Ida Alshouse begins the fall term at Brownell school. Allen Putnam cuts a second crop of high quality clover hay. County missionary Cruzan preached at East Side church last Sunday. Chas Orecelius buys a home in Eldora and plans to leave the farm in spring. John Arnold erects a double corn crib. C A Watson builds one at $260.
Huber Wright and family visited C. Jackson's last Sunday. Berlin school commenced Monday with Sadie Adams as teacher. Mrs Ella Hughes went to Chicago to care for her sister. Miss Floy Jackson went to Iowa Falls to Ellsworth college. Townsend returned from Langdon Minnesota. Sanford repairs Crocker farm house. Paul Hunter injured by rusty wall. Severe wind and rain storm hit the area Thursday morning. will aid plowing but hurt hay. Chicken pie social at Mrs Mary Kammary home Tuesday evening Sept 18. all invited.
Gladys Richardson visited Miss Wilma Adams on Sunday. School opens here Monday with Miss Marling as teacher. Miss Myrtle Thornton entertains a friend from Albion. Will Crosby and wife welcomed a new daughter. Floyd Pertsho returned to school work at Oskaloosa. Allen Newby and family spent Sunday at the N. C. Gibbs home. Will Perisho and son Glenn from Grant township visited Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson and son Leonard visited their daughter Mrs. Orvil Powers on Sunday. Hazel Prim fractured her collar bone while playing basketball at New Providence academy last week.
O O Ryan of Eldora was in town on business. George Hough returns from a Colorado trip. Mrs Mannie Schultz leaves for South Dakota. Efforts continue to obtain a bil hard hail in Hubbard. Mrs W A Porter visits Newton for a few weeks. Peter Jones buys Strother Bros building and plans a brick structure. Rev Barsalou and family move to Mason City to teach at Veterans University. Miss Mary Tnghram visits Marshalltown last week. Many attend Grundy County fair. Rumor hints a wedding may soon occur.
Miss Beatrice Aylesworth of Hidora began teaching here on September 11. Mr and Mrs Crolly of Marshalltown visited James Vigars and Miss Jennie Whitney hosted guests from last week. Mary Mabee of St Anthony spent time with Jennie Whitney and attended the Hardin county fair. George McCormick of Seattle, with sister Ruth of Clemens, Iowa, visited the Whitney home last week. Wellington Gearhart has returned from a three month western trip and speaks unfavorably of that country.
Thomas Wilson spent a couple of days in Hidora this week. Joe Huse and son Guy were at El Dora the first of the week. George Kirkpatrick of Owasa visited his cousin Earl Wickham last week. Nearly everyone from here attended the Hardin county fair and pronounced it the best they ever attended. Mrs. Carrie Gummert returned Monday from a business trip to Wadena accompanied by her niece Miss Alta Brown. School commenced with good attendance Monday with Miss Smuck as principal and Miss Ida Harris in the primary room. Mrs. Gleeson, visiting here, returned to her home in Mechanicsville, Oregon.
Local notes report Poseyville school commencing Monday with Miss Farrel in charge. Minnesota visitor Mrs. Debe visits relatives C I Culver and wife. A box supper is set for Saturday Sept 16. Grays defeat Union Club 9 to 4 in Union game. Grays, state league players, faced criticism for behavior and umpire abuse at the fair.
Promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as liver cleansing pills with no unpleasant effects. Advertises availability through Smith & Reed and Davis & Moser and urges immediate purchase for relief from biliousness and constipation. Prices are stated as right.
Popular Talks on Law explains landlord and tenant issues around term length and renewal. It analyzes how rent paying periods affect tenancy duration, noting that farming leases imply a year with notice ending the rent period, and clarifies how to express mid month expirations and fractional rent.
A sale note urges men to buy $10 suits at 37 50 for today only. Shoppers are invited to view and select from the bargain offerings. The ad emphasizes the savings and urges immediate call or visit.
Mrs Hannah Bowman, longtime Eldora resident and respected citizen, died Wednesday morning after a lingering illness and a recent stroke. She was eighty seven years and nine months old.
The document outlines that rent periods do not conclusively prove tenancy length and may mislead about term duration. It notes that rent being paid at different intervals does not automatically create a year to year tenancy and that occupancy without rent resembles a license. It discusses notices and termination tied to rent periods and the validity of leases with flexible end dates or sale conditions.
Mrs Bowman born in Pennsylvania and later moving to Hardin County in 1900. She leaves daughter Mrs Salome Polley and son Samuel at the old homestead, with perhaps one other son and daughter. Funeral and burial held yesterday at home, conducted by Rev Geo B Shoemaker of the M B church.
Mrs Hilbisk addressed the congregations at both services last Sabbath and organized a Home Missionary society of thirty members. Delegates from the W H M society attended the District meeting at Grundy Center on Tuesday. Usual services follow next Sabbath with Pastor led worship. Babyset and district preaching plans noted.
Items of interest from various sources since last Wednesday, folded twice weekly, local field notes compiled for readers. Highlights city and county happenings with careful attention to information useful to the informed community.
Henry Suathoif v Illinois Central Railway Co continued. Trickey v Cummings settled. Pierson v Pierson continued. Gregory v Hardin County’s artist costs. McConnell v Lundy settled. Chapin v Lundy settled. Reed & Stillman v Pieter continued. Green Lumber Co v Pieter settled. Elsig v Bales concerned with Eldora Cemetery trust appointed N S Carpenter trustee. Minerva Williams v Williams divorce granted. Nancy Norris v Norris divorce granted. Lucera M Wells v Wells decree granted. State of Iowa v Steeley dismissed. Otto I Lange Co v Carpenter et al default judgment for plaintiff. Martha Seward v Seward
State vs FP EH DeMarsha application for continuance submitted and sustained. Crescent Lumber Co versus Unknown claimants et al decree ordered. Lena Kees versus Harry Kees divorce granted.
Special correspondent reports Misa Mayme Stukenberg and Jee Howe wed last June. Stukenberg, daughter of Pred Stukenberg and sister-in-law to E G Ruch, is a popular local graduate of the high school who attended Cornell and now visits Led yard. Howe, son of Mayor Frank L Howe, attended Iowa State College at Ames. Both are teens, with no opposition from families. The couple, long-time friends, reportedly married during a camping trip near Day ton in Webster county after a rapid courtship and returned home without informing parents.
800 good acres in Emmons county North Dakota offered for sale at a bargain. No gimmicks just a straightforward chance to buy. Visit to learn full details and terms directly from the seller.
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